If you have not already, you should set up a student account and roam the site from the student's perspective (like I did with Matthew Test). Just log out and then hit the "Join" button and sign up. Make sure you use a real email address so you can see the notifications you get. Please include "test" in your username and book and cancel lessons with yourself to avoid confusion.

This will help you understand the indy sign up process, which is essentially this: